Mr Tull Mrs Dalton-Cole Mrs Norbury
Hello everyone, and welcome to Year 6!
This Autumn term, we have lots of exciting learning to be doing! Here's a brief run down of what you can expect:
Maths
We will be following Power Maths a lot of the time. Our topics will be:
- Place Value
- The 4 operations
- Fractions
- Geometry
How can you help at home?
- Times table and division fact knowledge is incredibly important in Year 6. Practise them weekly!
- Practise the 4 operations- column addition, column subtraction, column multiplication and bus stop method division.
English
We are studying The Promise, Rose Blanche and the Arrival! These books will enable us to produce a wide variety of texts, but the focus will often be on descriptive language.
Topic
We are studying 'The World at War', in which the focus is World War 2. If you would like to bring in memorabilia or family keep-sakes to share or display in the classroom, feel free!
Science
We will be looking at and investigating 'Light' in Science!
Design and Technology
Our topic is 'Marbulous Mazes', in which we design and make mazes for Reception class!
ICT
We look at the mystical world of Coding! We go right back to basics, using Purple Mash.